10/5/2021

Trouble in the Sahel

The the Sahel in Africa is the region between the Sahara Desert and the Savanah. It includes the countries Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal.

The Question and the Data

Areas of relative prosperity

PPP is an economic theory that compares different contries’ currencies through a “basket of goods” approach.

Extreme Poverty

data sources